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1: Introduction to Medicine 1: Bioclinical and Social Sciences

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Instrument used to take BP   Sphygmomanometer  
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Apply cuff at brachial artery which is 2-3 cm above pulse above the pulse point at the ____   antecubital fossa  
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5 Korotkoff phases are   tapping starts, auscultatory gap (soft, swishing), tapping clearer, muffled, disappears  
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6 Limb Pulses “_____ artery”   brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis pedis  
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3 head and neck pulses “_____ artery”   common carotid, temporal, facial  
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Normal pulse range adult   60-90 bpm  
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Name for unusual pulse rhythm ; noise of turbulent flow across artery/vein ; flow turbulent across heart   sinus arrhythmia ; bruit ; murmur  
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Normal resp rate. What is stridor?   12-20 bpm. Like wheeze but on inhale  
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Normal temp   36-37.5  
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Measuring core/peripheral temp. Peripheral specifically in ear called ____   tympanic  
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CVPU is   consciousness scale: confused, voice, pain, unconscious  
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Opportunity cost def   the value of forgone benefit which could be obtained from a resource in it’s next best alternative use  
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Marginal analysis def   examination of additional benefits of activity compared to additional costs incurred by that same activity.  
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5 types of economic evaluation “ cost ______” analysis   “BECUM” -benefit, effectiveness, consequences (not formal method), utility, minimalisation.  
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Example of cost utility analysis healthcare   QALY= quality-adjusted life year  
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3 of the types of drug interactions   synergy, negates/competes, no effect  
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Who regulates pharmacology?   MHRA= Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency  
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What do POM, P, GSL stand for?   Prescription only medication, pharmacy medication (over counter), general sales list medication (general shops).  
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Agonist/ antagonist defs   AG= activates receptors and elicit response. AN= prevent effect of agonist  
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Pharmacodynamics vs pharmacokinetics def   how DRUG AFFECTS the body vs how BODY AFFECTS drug  
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How well drug bings to receptor is it’s _______ to it   affinity  
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4 stages of pharmacokinetics. ; Which two types of drug are absorbed differently?   absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion. ; lipophilic and hydrophilic.  
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Prodrugs =   metabolites, medication or compound that after administration is metabolised into pharmacologically active drugs.  
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6 routes of drug administration:   “STRIPO” sublingual, topical, rectal, inhaled, parenteral, oral  
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5 Types of PARENTERAL administration   “ITISI”, intravenous, transdermal, intermuscular, subcutaneous, implantation  
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4 types of joints:   Bony, fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial  
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Synovial joints (all major joints in limb) have ___, ____ surfaces covered by _____ ______.   smooth articular surfaces ; hyaline cartilage  
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Joint capsule surrounds the synovial joint. It contains ___ ____ . Inside the joint capsule, ____ ____ secretes ____ ____ to nourish and protect and nourish the joint.   supportive ligaments ; synovial membrane ; synovial fluid  
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Muscle def   tissue that’s able to generate movement by contracting/ relaxing.  
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Biomechanical principles of skeletal muscle (to have action the muscle must ... )   1. Have 2 ATTACHMENTS ; 2. must attach at EITHER SIDE of the joint. ; 3. Muscle will have ACTION at EVERY JOINT IT CROSSES. ; 4. HOW muscle crosses J determines action it will have.  
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Flexion vs extension defs   flexion= bending or pulling. extension= all back  
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Abduction vs adduction def   ab= limb moved away from body. Ad= limb moved toward body  
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Medial vs lateral rotation def   med= limb twisted inward eg foot. Lat = limb twisted outwards from body  
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Pronation vs supination. In hands, where does this action occur?   pro, hands face down. Sup, hands out like holding soup. ; at the elbow  
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Inversion vs eversion   in= sole turned inward. ev= sole turned outward (dog poo)  
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Two groups of fibres name and function   EFFERENT fibres = exist in the spinal cord to innervate. AFFERENT fibres = arrive back with sensory information in the skin.  
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Veins in two groups   deep or superficial  
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Neurovascular bundle   formed of Nerve, Artery, Vein supplying same structure, travelling together. "NAV"  
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Litigation   the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating  
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Inquests   a judicial or official inquiry or examination especially before a jury. A body of people (such as a jury) assembled to hold such an inquiry  
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Types of law (last one requires ____)   criminal law , civil law , public law (judicial review)  
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Civil cases settled two ways:.   Contract law; Tort law.  
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Ethical problems include: ____ of duty. And _____ N_______   breach ; clinical negligence.  
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Sources of law:   State ; common law/ case law ; regulations and professional guidance.  
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Patients have right to access healthcare records under the _______   data protection act 1998  
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Miasma theory of disease > John snow   Proposed disease transmitted in cloud of close > father of modern epidemiology, found cholera transm by polluted water  
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“Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence” written in the …   Human rights act 1998  
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What regulates the processing of personal data about living individuals?   General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data protection act 2018  
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Someone who shares someone’s medical information bc they lack capacity   Health and Welfare power of attorney  
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Framing significance   analysis of concepts and definitions. How we look at given situation  
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3 ethical moral theories   virtue ethics ; duty ethics (deontology) ; consequentialism  
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Most developed form of consequentialism is   utilitarianism (greatest happiness for greatest number.)  
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Do Message framing by using ______theory   gain/ loss theory  
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Motivational interviewing will help someone recognise their   self-efficacy  
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